Here’s a fine piece from the SolarPunk Anarchists – telling us what it’s all about: Solarpunk is a Revolt of Hope Against Despair Solarpunk is a rebellion against the structural pessimism in our late visions

Here’s a brilliant STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, maths) project just open: A glowing silicone sun measuring 2.3 metres in diameter and a pinhead-size Pluto have been brought down to earth in an extraordinary scale

There is ‘solar’ – which is about realising all those alternative technologies which we already have at hand. And there is ‘punk’ – which is about all those creative and ingenious approaches which we are

Here’s one view of Solarpunk – from an advert for margarine: Dear Alice – YouTube Solarpunk — A Story Of The Tomorrow We Want To Live In | by Matterless Studios | Medium Here are

There’s a lot of ‘eco-anxiety’ which is not doing our mental health much good: Climate anxiety is driving the West into dangerous mass hysteria  As Janet Daley concludes in the Telegraph piece: Enough with crying

Sidmouth has some fine examples of Art Deco: Fat Face on Fore Street – Leisure Wear in Sidmouth EX10 8HU, Devon Or at least it did: sunburst | The deco windows at Knight’s clothing shop

We’re heading for climate breakdown – but a vision of a way out which is also ‘utopian’ is not only very SolarPunk, but is being seriously considered as one of the only realistic ways out.

We need to give our children hope. Unfortunately, there is so much despair being thrown at them – as lamented by Mary Wakefield in the latest Spectator magazine: Our children are at breaking point –

The design ideas for the industrial park north of Sidford are not very inspiring: Controversial Sidford business park will be built as plans approved – Devon Live The design ideas north of Ho Chi Minh

These are very difficult times – but perhaps we can make them a little easier – with stories from north of the border: We’re learning to make do and mend as living costs soar’ Margaret